Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 4 October 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Ireland's Forestry Programme and Strategy: Discussion
Danny Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
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Going back to the mid-1980s, we were planting what we call boggy ground that time. There has been massive growth in spruce trees in those places. In fact, they have been replanted in recent times, about ten years ago. Is the Minister of State saying that type of ground cannot be planted any more?